I know there are quite a few WOOD researchers that are trying to find
ancestors and thought this might possibly be a clue.   The letter just came
in today and the list is not yet completed in case you wish to contact the
person who found the cemetery.
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> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Wood Family Cemetery
> Date: Wednesday, March 08, 2000 9:46 AM
> 
> Have discovered a cemetery on back acreage of private property in Heard 
> County, GA which contains graves of WOOD family. Cemetery is not
accessible 
> to the public but the owner, who is a personal friend, would like me to
do a 
> history of the property which was purchased back in the late 1950s-early 
> 1960s. What piqued my interest is that my great-great aunt, NANCY BLAKE
WOOD 
> is buried there. It was a quite a surprise to both my friend and me. They

 have known of the existence of the cemetery for some time but had no idea
who 
> the people were...much less, expected to find a relative. There are some
40 
> graves, including several unmarked and one that has caved in. I jotted
down 
> some of the information on the graves but time and daylight ran out. I am

 going back sometime in the near future to do the whole cemetery.
> 
> Just down the hill from the cemetery, there is a small meadow and the
remains 
> of an old county road (now just ruts). We found the remains of a home
which 
> could have belonged to a family member or maybe could have been a 
> sharecropper's home as I understand from the owner that the land was 
> sharecropped at one time. Two dirt mounds covered with pine straw on
either 
> side of a flat area turned out to be mounds of bricks...apparently the 
> remains of two chimneys on either end of the house. Stepping back a bit,
one 
> could see large stones which appeard to be the foundation. It was an
exciting 
> find for me and I am looking forward to going back when I can spend the
whole 
> day. Here are the names on the graves I jotted down:
> 
> WINSTON P. WOOD
> "Son of R.P. and P.E. Wood"
> Jan. 14, 1867-Dec.14, 1884.
> "14 years, 11 months"
> 
> WALKER B. WOOD
> "Son of R.P. and P.E. Wood"
> March 29, 1861-Dec. 20, 1881
> "20 years, 8 months, 21 days"
> 
> JIMMIE WOOD
> "Wife of Walker B. Wood"
> March 2, 1863-Aug. 30, 1885
> 
> WALTER R. WOOD
> March 29, 1861-Dec. 1, 1892
> "There is no parting in Heaven"
> 
> DICY WOOD
> March 29, 1807-Feb. 14, 1894
> "In life be loved, in death lamented"
> 
> COL. WINSTON WOOD
> Sept. 15, 1800-Dec. 3, 1865
> 
> BOSHA L. WOOD
> "Daughter of Winston and Dicy Wood"
> Aug. 3, 1842 (may not be accurate...tombstone badly worn)
> Aug. 31, 1855 (same as above...will do rubbing to make sure)
> 
> RUFUS PEOPLES WOOD
> June 10, 1825 - Feb. 28, 1879
> (Masonic Emblem)
> "In life he displayed that a truly honest man is the noblest work of God"
> "He is now gone to meet his great reward"
> 
> "In Memory of Our Mother"
> MRS. P.E. WOOD
> July 13, 1832-Feb. 7, 1905
> "Married to R.P. Wood Dec. 24, 1850"
> "In life devoted, in death triumphant"
> 
> (Very tall obelisk-type monument)
> In Memory of JUDGE W.T.WOOD
> Died MARCH 8, 1890 (might be 1896)
> "63 years, 3 months, 10 days"
> (Masonic emblem)
> 
> NANCY BLAKE
> "Wife of W.T. Wood"
> June 18, 1830-Oct. 14, 1920
> (This is the most recent grave...that of my great-great aunt. Nancy was
the 
> daughter of Thomas Blake and Delaney Young, sister to my
great-grandfather, 
> Isaac Blake. She was supposedly born in Randolph County, AL but some 
> information says she may have been born in Carroll County, GA)
> 
> There is also a grave of "ALEXANDER T. MOOTY" and a couple of JONES
graves. Ma
> ny graves are of children and possibly two or three slaves. I took a few 
> photos but was unprepared to do a complete listing of all the graves.
> 
> Hope this helps someone out.
> Judy Fowler Kilgore
> Newnan, GA